(KMZA)--The Nemaha County Commission approved two grant applications when they meet last week.

The Commission approved a letter of support for a grant application on behalf of the city of Sabetha and Rock Creek Township to help fund road improvements.

Funding will be sought through the Kansas Department of Transportation cost share program for the paving of a two-mile stretch of Kansas Road from W Road to old Highway 75, along with a more than half-mile stretch leading into 14th Street.

The county will co-sponsor the cost-share project.

The Commission also approved supporting a Community Development Block Grant application on behalf of Derek Kaeb for the installation of 3-phase electricity at his welding shop near Sabetha.

Kaeb would pay the grant match through a special assessment added to his property taxes.